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PUBLIC PROGRAMS 2011

Recent Programs

Preservation Vision Cafe No. 3: Preservation and the Sustainable City

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

 

The Williamsburg High School of Architecture and Design

at the Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 East 11th Street, New York, NY  

Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 6pm

On May 12th from 6pm to 8pm, the Neighborhood Preservation Center hosted an evening with the Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design - a unique New York City public high school that has developed its curriculum around an historic preservation core. Students and other WHSAD representative discussed how they are engaging in preservation education.

For photos of the evening, see our Picasa page.   

 

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival 

at the LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY  

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 6pm

Green Guerillas, MKCREATIVE, ioby , bk farmyards , EcoStationNY, and the Neighborhood Preservation Center together sponsored an evening of films about community activism, agriculture, and sustainability that informed, inspired, and ignited solutions and possibilities.

For photos of the evening, see our Picasa page.   

Historic Preservation and the Livable City Book Talk with Eric W. Allison

co-sponsored with Historic Districts Council

Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 6:30pm 

 

Eric W. Allison discussed the new book he co-authored with Lauren Peters, Historic Preservation and the Livable City   (link to PDF), a guide to how historic preservation can enhance the economic and environmental sustainability of cities and towns.The book is also available on Amazon

For photos of the evening, see our Picasa page.

 

Public Programs 2010

 

St. Mark's Historic Landmark Fund's

Peg-Leg Pete Scavenger Hunt

Saturday, November 20, 2010

 (This program was part of 5 Dutch Days 5 Boroughs)

 

 

 

Preservation Vision Cafe No. 2

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

 

 

 

Preserving the Preservation Movement: Beginning the Process of Archiving

co-sponsored with New York Preservation Archive Project

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

 

 

Open House

Saturday, October 9, 2010

(This program was part of openhousenewyork)

 

 

Preservation Vision Cafe No. 1

Thursday, June 22, 2010

 

 

 

Architecture as Icon: An Off-Site Gallery Talk by Dr. Katherine Marsengill

'Architecture as an Icon' exhibition currently showing at Princeton University.

co-sponsored with US/ICOMOS

Thursday, May 6, 2010

 

 

Night/Shift: Book Talk with Lynn Saville

Presentation by Author/Photographer Lynn Saville

co-sponsored with the Center for Architecture

Monday, April 12, 2010

 

 PLACE, RACE, AND STORY:

 Essays on the Past and Future of Historic Preservation

 Author Talk with Ned Kaufman

 co-sponsored with Historic Districts Council

 Wednesday, February 24, 2010